 And from the gray old trunks that high in heaven Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible...  The United States Literary Gazette - Page 261824Full view - About this book
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 pages
...boughs, and from the sound " Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? " THE CLESURAL PAUSE. The " caesura " is a peculiar pause of the sense in the line •which breaks... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over hus, from childhood's hour, I 'те seen my fondest...But 't was the first to fade away. I never nursed Î Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Oder one hymn, — thrice happy if it find... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 pages
...boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once Ali their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless...sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and under roofo That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at least, e Here, in the shadow of this ancient wood,... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 376 pages
...world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and under roots That our frail hands have raised? Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this ancient wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy if it find Acceptance in His ear. Father, thy hand Hath... | |
 | 1884 - 794 pages
...boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Here, in the shadow of this ancient wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy if it liud Acceptance in... | |
 | C. Duxbury - 1873 - 184 pages
...trunks that high in heaven Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless...roofs That our frail hands have raised? Let me, at legist, Offer one hymn—thrice happy if it find Here in the shadow of this aged wood, Acceptance in... | |
 | Select thoughts, Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1875 - 858 pages
...bonghs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at ouce All then- green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? — Bryant. TESTAMENT.— The New All the genius and learning of the heathen world, all the penetration... | |
 | Joseph Doddridge - 1876 - 342 pages
...open air, the stately forest trees being their only surroundings and shelter from sun and shower. " Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? " From several records before us, it appears that the few Episcopal clergymen in the west, at -an... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 868 pages
...Bound of the invisible breath, that sway'd at once all their green tops, stole over him, and bow'd his spirit with the thought of boundless power and inaccessible majesty. Ah, why should we, in the •orld's riper years, neglect Qod'a ancient sanctuaries, and adore only among the crowd, and under... | |
 | John Russell Webb - 1876 - 514 pages
...boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless Power A.nd inaccessible Majesty. 3. Ah ! why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore That... | |
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